Legal analysis: At present, there are Measures for the Administration of Medical Beauty Services, which are formulated in accordance with the Law on Medical Practitioners, the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions and the Measures for the Administration of Nurses in order to standardize medical beauty services, promote the healthy development of medical beauty undertakings and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of medical patients. It has been discussed and passed at the ministerial meeting of the Ministry of Health on February 29th, 20001.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Medical Beauty Services

Article 1 In order to standardize medical beauty services, promote the healthy development of medical beauty undertakings and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of medical patients, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Law on Medical Practitioners, the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions and the Measures for the Administration of Nurses.

Article 2 The term "medical beauty" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the restoration and remodeling of human appearance and the morphology of various parts of the human body through surgery, drugs, medical devices and other traumatic or invasive medical technologies. The term "beauty medical institutions" as mentioned in these Measures refers to medical institutions mainly engaged in medical beauty diagnosis and treatment. The term "attending physician" as mentioned in these Measures refers to a practicing physician who meets the conditions stipulated in Article 11 of these Measures and is responsible for the implementation of medical beauty projects. Medical cosmetology is a first-class diagnosis and treatment subject, while cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, cosmetic dermatology and cosmetic Chinese medicine are second-class diagnosis and treatment subjects. According to the technical difficulty of medical beauty projects and the degree of possible medical risks, the medical beauty projects shall be subject to graded access management, and the Catalogue of Graded Management of Medical Beauty Projects shall be formulated separately by the Ministry of Health.

Third institutions and individuals who provide medical beauty services must abide by these measures.

Twenty-eighth in violation of the provisions of these measures, according to the relevant provisions of the Medical Practitioners Law, the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions and the Measures for the Administration of Nurses shall be punished.

Thirty-first these Measures shall come into force as of May 6, 2002.